The Game Plan

I have been at a stand still since December 23rd (actually I was down to 165 and gained 2 pounds back).

I was eating around 1350 cal, so I have went down to 1250 this week. I am pretty hungry sticking to that. I have been drinking 2 cups of hot green tea when I get really hungry (which I just did).

I hurt my foot in October. I thought it was just a bad sprain (well the ER did) but I found out it was broken after I had an MRI last week. I see a specialist on Thursday, but it looks like I have to have a walking cast or something, so no working out, still. This is killing me!!! The weather has been nice, and I would love to go out and run on the weekends.

I am going to try to do some pilates, arms and abs this week and see how that goes.
I realized that I usually when I diet, I eat around 1400, but I am burning 300 a day working out, so I am going to need to eat even less than 1250 if I am not working out!

I was hoping to lose 8 pounds a month, but I think I am going to have to be happy with 5. That is what I lost after Kellen. So far, November was 8 pounds and December was 5. But then I gained back 3. I have lost one of those, but that means I need to lose 7 in January to stay on track!

Pictures after the baby

I swear I look fatter now than I did when I was pregnant! At least in the face. The first picture is of me and Lila on Mother's Day. I think she is about 6 weeks old. The 2nd picture was taken New Year's Eve and is awful! I almost didn't post it. I don't know if it is the angle, my shirt, the light, or what, but my face looks fatter than ever, even though I have lost 11 pounds since the first picture!!
I also discovered that night I have a gap in my front teeth, even though I have a permanent retainer. So I made an appt with my orthodontist to get my 3rd set of braces or retainers. I need to look at this pic every time I eat to kill my appetite!

A few pics

I posted a pic of me the day I found out I was pregnant, and how I looked at 41 weeks pregnant. I don't think those sweatpants could get any tighter!! I am on the way to the hospital, being unwillingly induced, when I have the black shirt on.

I'm back. And it is not pretty.

Or at least I'm not. But my baby girl, Lila, is!

I found out I was pregnant soon after my last post and proceeded to pack on 52ish pounds. This is in spite of tracking calories, 90 minute workouts until 32 weeks and crying in my doctor's office about it! After her delivery in March, I proceeded to swell up even more and only lost 12 pounds. Yes, 12! I breastfed until Lila was 7 1/2 months, and lost no weight, just like what happened with my first child. I have lost 11 pounds since Halloween, a few weeks before I weaned.

I weighed 190ish when I delivered, and am now down to 167. I weighed 166 when I delivered my first baby, geez. And I felt so fat after that. I currently live in a no picture zone, and I would like to have some pictures of me with my baby, so my goal is to lose everything by this summer.

My first goal is losing 29 pounds. That will put me at the weight I was when I got pregnant, 138. I would like to get down to 125, my ideal weight, so I would really like to lose another 42 pounds. But that number is a little daunting for me right now. I have the blogger app for my Ipod Touch, so I am going to try to update with my calories each day!!

I am enjoying starving and losing weight, instead of starving because I am pregnant and breastfeeding.!!

Very frustrated

up to 138.2. I have gained 14 pounds total. I think my thyroid medicine must be out of wack. I just hate feeling so bloated and fat all of the time.

I decided last week to switch up my workouts. 2 hours a day at the gym wasn't making a difference and my son was spending too much time at the daycare there instead of with me. So we are only going 2 days a week now, and we are going to spend more time doing fun things like the zoo and park.

I am walking more outside, still running, and focusing more on yoga and pilates. And I started week 4 of WW but I don't do great on the weekends. I am hoping I am still retaining water from mexican food out on Sunday night,

Doing really bad

I have been working out hard, but had a very bad weekend. I am up to 138. That's it for now. Frustrated about it.

Body fat - so high

I met with one of the workers at my gym to put together a workout plan and do some measurements. I used a handheld machne that measured my bodyfat at 30%. Online it says that is borderline obese, so I am pretty sure that is wrong. I wear a tight size 6 for crying out loud and I do have a lot of muscle. I think maybe I am 27% or so. But I am motivated to work on my diet. She just modified my weight routine some, and kept me doing so much cardio.

Day 3 of WW, I know I am going to want to snack later. It definitely had been hard and only did an hour of weights today, so not much of a workout.